About Geoff Pullar
Geoffrey Pullar (1 August 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and Gloucestershire and in 28 Tests for England. His affectionate nickname was 'Noddy', not, as often said, because, once he was out, he was known to sleep often in the dressing room, but because he was once discovered watching the children's programme there. He was, in any case, a batsman, rarely lifting the ball off the surface while driving at accumulating by flicking the ball off his toes towards fine leg. Preferring to play off the front foot, Pullar was also a puller of the ball and could crack a square cut. In his younger days he had been compared to Charlie Hallows and Eddie Paynter, two of Lancashire's crowd greats – he had the artistry of the former and the aggression and determination of the latter.
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